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The floor of a coral reef is typically rocky rather than sandy. Coral reefs are built from the calcium carbonate structures created by coral polyps, resulting in a hard substrate. However, sandy areas can be present around the reef, particularly in lagoons or along the periphery, but the main structural components of the reef itself are rocky.
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What is the sandy area between shore and reef?
Coral reef
What happen if sea floor sink for the coral reef?
it dies
A chain of rocky material found in shallow tropical waters?
coral reef
When coral animals die do their skeletons fall to the sea floor?
When coral animals die their skeletons do indeed fall to the sea floor. This is the only place where they can go.
What two ocean floor features does the slope form a boundary between?
A coral reef
Does plants grow on the floor of deep sea biomes?
yes they do called coral reef
Is a jellyfish habitat the ocean beach rocky shore estuary or coral reef?
I say they live in estuaries.
Is the great coral reef the same as the Great Barrier Reef?
No. A coral reef is just a reef made out of coral. There are many other kinds of reefs. A coral reef is just one kind. The Great Barrier Reef is a specific coral reef. There are many other coral reefs in the world.
What type of site is the Great Barrier Reef?
The Great Barrier Reef is a coral reef.
Does it rain in the coral reef?
It does not rain in a coral reef because the wind near the coral reef is dry and has no moisture
What is coral reef?
A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals
What is a coral reef?
A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals
